Vinesh Phogat celebrates after beating defending champion Yui Susaki in her opening bout at Paris Olympics LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images. Shyam Vasudevan. Aug 8, 2024, 06:30 AM ET.

Indian women’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the 50-kilogram freestyle final and subsequently hospitalized for “severe dehydration” after failing to make weight Wednesday morning.

Vinesh Phogat suffered an injury in the 2016 Rio Olympics. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel. In Paris, we saw a different Vinesh. She was not like the woman we had seen over the last 18 months or through a ...

Vinesh Phogat, an Olympic athlete for India, was disqualified from wrestling at the Paris Olympics when it was determined that she was overweight, according to Olympics.com and Team India.

Phogat defeated the reigning Olympic champion on her way to a spot in the final. But Indian officials said that despite drastic measures, such as cutting her hair, she was around 100 grams overweight.

Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, appeared to announce her retirement from the sport in a heartbreaking statement. CNN values your feedback 1.

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PARIS — The Indian wrestler who failed to make weight for her gold-medal bout at the 2024 Paris Olympics has abruptly retired.. Vinesh Phogat, who would have been India's first Olympic medalist ...

100 grams. Just a bit more than a small apple or a medium-sized t-shirt. It’s roughly the weight of two slices of break you might snack on or a deck of playing cards you play with in your free time.

India's Vinesh Phogat lopped off her tresses and forced herself into a smaller singlet but still fell 100 grams short of Olympic glory in a cruel twist to the rollercoaster career of one of the ...

India's ace boxer Vinesh Phogat suffered a medal heartbreak in the women's 50kg category after being found 100 gm overweight before her final bout for the gold medal on Wednesday. She was ...